New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-15
ON A LONG-DISTANCE LINE
TALKING IN A LOW TONE WITH BOSTON.
THE TELEPHONE COMMITTEE FINISHES ITS HIVES



TlGATIoN HERE
The Assembly Telephone Investigating Comntte,
concluded its abors in this city Yesterday and adj
iourned to meet in Rochester tomorrow. The telephone
panics which II has examined the staten Island
the New York and Pennsylvania tie Hudson River III,
WESTMINSTER the Ncw.Nork and New..crscy and the Net
r"pnhtan The committee has secured facts and n-cs
from tie corporations sufficient in amount 70 keep II
busy for weeks in arranging summaries The
yesterday devote 10 the 3tluony Of William A.
Hovcy. expert in the employ ~ the American Bell
Company. who has been two ana half years in iis
employ. lie was called 10y Nr Camp behalf OF the
companies To give testimony especially with re:eren
/ To telephone legislation in various states.
Mr.. iovcy said that LEGISLATION To gSte telephone
Rates had been at least attempted Ia Rhode Island, Con
ncctcut Maine. MAssachusctl- =. New Hampshire. New
lor Pennsylvania ohio Michigan, Minnesota. Illinois
IniIna, Iowa. Arkansas AMI texas In most iuatnncrs
bills which had been introduced had been reportc 4
adversely. In Indiana two laws passed in 1850
regulating rnics. and these advocated not
opposed by Indian polls w-lupers. The same papers
urge, he repeal oi the Laws wears later These Laws
ciuscd the wping ont of the exchange AMI tie suatit
tlon of pay stations and also prevented the company
from supplying 300 applicants in snail places with
telephone communication a hill repeating he laws
passed to the final stage the Legislature 10y thirds
Iniorties. when deaiiocN over tho election Of tho
PIE dcnt senate caused bill stop ani tn
thc matter still rcstcl.
| TALKING TO PROFESSOR BLAKE ~ BOSTON
short interlude occurred here to on ,hc the
mitec to talk with Professor Blake the inventor of tie
Blaze ransnittcr. in Boston, the lOAg d~tiuce
hac Mr.. An,worth conycr-cd in low tone ana pro-
| nounccd the instrument and il, workings rs simply
All oatcly perfect"
The witness. rcsumng. said that I'm the other states
mentioned bills to regulate raos had been rrpor'ci
adversely. Chairman Answorth aad Mr Hovcy hal
nYcly nit over tie question OF the rSt of Ics-litorS
to regulate rates Mr. Ioycy sail that AZ he was not
lawyer he hal opaions the question: of cOnsti-
tuionailty; matter 81 wisdom ne considered sdch
legislation "unw-c and impotc." The royalty of -
a ~ f. strumcut- ub~ttuillly uniform through
ont the United States. The per stock of local
companies owned by the Amcrc IA Bell was -. That
company had these financial relations to the Central
mon Company which operated IN indianapolis. with
head quarters III ChiclSo.
VT .Ain.vorn-If the Ben Company it.eit had been
directly dpng bi-nc-s I'm Indian p roult T. not have
operated prrntlDIy under tnc Indianapolis Laws A.
q Ii the central Union had had no dividend, to pay
10 me Ecl and 40 loyalty could IT not then have
operated proiiapy Al vii not sly that 1t could
not have IN tdc "A snail proAt.
INnIANA LAWS AFFECTING TELrrHoNrS.
one % the two IN Ana laws. VT lloycy said. forbade
tie company To charge over - q month royalty. or
:. - where a subscriber h'l two tclcp. ones; tLe
SECOND compelled the company furnish telephone
iiitirs appic.uts. ia lure t' comply aitA the law
.UllcounS the cpmplny's a,.nt To hHc Of 500 Ia
cIf.rr case Under the second LiV wanted
telephone on hi, i fourteen miles il"h the NcianSe
-r llit i,ius II. teen miles AMI rendered -. Tor three
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